whats your HOF philosophy???

[Kenny Cole]

Originally Posted by Moonlight Graham

I'm not going to pretend that I know everything about this steroid era, but I get the feeling that the powers that be look at cheaters in different ways. The cheaters from the old days, for the most part, did it for the team and winning was all that mattered. But the PED users of the 1990's-2000's did it for themselves. Hitting the farthest home runs and being on Sportscenter every night came first-team success was second. And of course the big contracts that came with all those homers. Same with some of the pitchers. Strike outs were the only outs that mattered to them. Again, I'm not saying that I personally believe this, but it's just the overall feeling I get. However, if some of these PED guy would have just come out and admitted it immediately and addressed the reasons why they did it, maybe it would be a different story at election time. If nothing else you could at least respect them more. Just my two cents.

I don't necessarily disagree with anything you said. I don't imagine they will ever publicly discuss their reasoning though. Here's my take for what its worth: You are talking about elite athletes who are competing against other elite athletes. The difference is razor thin between an all star and a bench guy.

If one of those guys can do something that gives them a small advantage and keeps them in the league, they will take it. They have to. If they can do something that gives them a big advantage, they will absolutely take it. They view it as necessary. From their perspective, its a no-brainer. That keeps them in the league, making money, and feeding their family. Not defending it, but I sort of understand how that could end up happening.